Winlib - Active Scripting

[Dan Kegel]

On 7/19/06, Jason Green <jave27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Are there any known issue with the native microsoft WSH (Windows
> > > Scripting Host)DLL under wine?
>
> If you're planning on distributing this app to customers, there may be
> legal licensing issues involved with using those libraries.  IANAL,
> but just thought I'd give a heads up.

Yes, one should always have a lawyer check these things out.
For completeness, here's a copy of the WSH 5.6 EULA.  Doesn't look
like there's any problem to me, surprisingly enough.
- Dan
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